Closed the banking sector on the Egyptian Exchange at the end of trading on monday 2 March 2026, with an decre

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Egypt’s banking sector performance on EGX at Monday closing

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Closed the banking sector on the Egyptian Exchange at the end of trading on monday 2 March 2026, with an decrease in the sector’s market capitalization by 0.42%, reaching EGP 772.46 billion at the close of today’s session, compared to EGP 775.74 billion at the close of last sunday’s session.

The banking sector’s market capitalization represented 25.10% of the total market capitalization today, which is the highest percentage among all sectors listed on the exchange.

The trading value of banking sector shares amounted to EGP 733.4 million, representing 15.72% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 9.16 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.65% of the total trading volume of the exchange today.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed today’s trading session with the main benchmark index “EGX30” edging down, while both the “EGX70” and “EGX100” indices declined, amid net foreign purchases amounting to EGP 258.8 million.

The main index “EGX30” decreased by 0.61% to 47.692 points, and “EGX70” increased by 0.32% to 11.946 points, and “EGX100” rose by 0.44% to 16.911 points.